their opposition to participation in the war would have been aki to treason; yet how much have wi learned since! The vernacular press at the time even reported that the \French Mi ister entertained the Military Governors and told them that Parliament was of no importance whatsoever, The whole Chinese people were antagonized by this aet. The Southern provinces declared their independence and again set up a Government in Canton. Nanking and the Yangtze Provinces com menced negotiations with the Sout The Tientsin militarists lost their heads. Frightened lest they might still be robbed of their victory, on July 1, at 4 am, Chang Benn recrowned Huan Tung as Emperor China, When the people in the jespital awoke the next. morning, they found the Dragon flag flying from the masts. Li Yuan-hung was no longer President and the country was in the full throes of a civil difBcult_to explain the Psychological attitude of the Chinese The Military Governors returned) toward the restoration of the to their provinces and' began declare their independence. They seized the rolling stock of the railways, withheld taxes which should {monarchy In spite of the fact that the republic hi tremendous success, that since 1911 there has been chaos and fighting Further reproduction prohibit fed without permis: sion.
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